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Wiki Coding Anesthesia for Screening Colon

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Patient is having a screening colon V12.11 and polyps are found. Would we use 00812 or 00811 for anesthesia?
 
If a patient undergoes a “screening” colonoscopy and something is found during the test (like a polyp or other abnormal area) that requires a biopsy or removal, then the colonoscopy may no longer be considered “screening", Since polyps are found, 00811 would be the appropriate code to use for anesthesia in this scenario.
 
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